The National Media Awards Foundation showcased the most impactful work published in Canadian periodicals in 2021 at the 2022 National Magazine Awards Winners Celebration hosted by Kelly Boutsalis and live-streamed on our website. Gold winners in creator-focused categories receive a $1000 cash prize, in addition to their award.
If you are a Gold winner, please contact us with your mailing address and SIN in order to receive your cash prize and certificate. Certificates for Silver winners and Honourable Mention are available upon request.
Winners and finalists can also celebrate their achievement by downloading Gold, Silver or Finalist’s seals here.
Highlights
- The Walrus is the top winner overall this year, taking home an impressive five awards in total — four Gold and one Silver.
- Maclean’s has received four Gold awards, including for Best Magazine: News, Business, General Interest.
- Air Canada enRoute is the winner of Best Magazine: Service & Lifestyle.
- For the second year in a row, Broadview has been named Best Magazine: Special Interest.
- Magazine Grand Prix, our most coveted editorial award, goes to Inuit Art Quarterly.
- Maisonneuve is a two-time Gold winner, in Best Emerging Writer for Stephanie Bai’s “Seeking Sanctuary” and Personal Journalism for Emma Gilchrist’s “Genetic Mapping.”
- Toronto Life and L’actualité both take home an impressive three awards — one Gold and two Silver each.
- Nicholas Hune-Brown of The Local is this year’s Editor Grand Prix winner. The Local also won Silver in Short Feature Writing for Danielle Groen’s “The Last 25 Percent.”
- Gilles Gagnier, longtime publisher of Canadian Geographic, is the posthumous winner of this year’s Publisher Grand Prix award. Gilles’ wife, Nancy Kelly, accepted the award on his behalf.
Winners / Lauréats
Best Emerging Writer / Meilleur auteur émergent
Sponsored by The Reader’s Digest Foundation of Canada
Gold
Stephanie Bai‘s “Seeking Sanctuary” is an exceptional blend of original reporting and beautiful storytelling. It tells the story of a Toronto church and other community organizations assisting unhoused citizens at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It stands out because of its impact — the piece can serve as a mirror, revealing municipal failures to address Toronto’s housing crisis. But it can also be read as a time capsule of sorts — one that preserves the memory of people who went above and beyond to support their unhoused neighbours, or one that honours the resilience of those who continue to survive in the city despite their circumstances. With this piece, Bai proves that the future of journalism rests in great hands.
— NMA Jury
Honourable Mention
Paloma Pacheco for “Saving Finn Slough,” published in Maisonneuve
Kunal Chaudhary for “The Sun is always in your eyes in Rexdale,” published in Spacing
Long-Form Feature Writing: 6000+ / Meilleur article de fond : 6000+ mots
Gold
What happened at Northwood?
The Coast
Stephanie Nolen
Silver
Au coeur du cauchemar afghan
L’actualité
Fabrice de Pierrebourg
Collaborateur : Josée Désaulniers, rédactrice principale
Honourable Mention
Three Days in the Theater of Old-Growth Logging and Protest
Hakai Magazine and The Tyee
Arno Kopecky
Contributors: Jude Isabella, editor; David Beers, editor
Every 49 minutes
Maclean’s
Michael Friscolanti
Ktaqmkuk
Maisonneuve
Justin Brake
Contributors: Madi Haslam, editor-in-chief; Sarah Ratchford, associate editor
The RCMP Revisited
The Walrus
Jane Gerster
Contributors: Lucy Uprichard, fact-checker; Paul Kim, illustrator; Hamutal Dotan, handling editor
Students for Sale
The Walrus
Nicholas Hune-Brown
Contributors: Connor Garel, fact-checker; cornelia Li, illustrator; Daniel Viola, handling editor
Province of No Choice
The Walrus
Jessica Leeder
Contributors: Allison Baker, fact-checker; Darren Calabrese, photographer; Hamutal Dotan, handling editor
The Last Supper
Toronto Life
Chris Nuttall-Smith
The Hunt for a Killer
Toronto Life
Malcolm Johnston
Long-Form Feature Writing / Meilleur article de fond — long format
Gold
Forgiving Jaskirat Sidhu
Maclean’s
Aaron Hutchins
Silver
Justice on Trial
The Walrus
Eva Holland
Contributors: Allison Baker, fact-checker; Lauren Crazybull, illustrator; Carmine Starnino, handling editor
The House That Divided the Toronto Islands
Toronto Life
Katherine Laidlaw
Honourable Mention
No way out
Chatelaine
Christina Frangou
Contributors: Denise Balkissoon, executive editor; Sun Ngo, creative director; Alicia Morris, illustrator
Seeking Sanctuary
Maisonneuve
Stephanie Bai
Planer pour guérir
Québec Science
Marine Corniou
Collaborateurs : Marie Lambert-Chan, rédactrice en chef; Mélissa Guillemette, journaliste-réviseure; Sophie Cazanave, correctrice-réviseure
Citizen of Nowhere
The Walrus
Adnan Khan
Contributor: Carmine Starnino, editor; Connor Garel, fact-checker; James Lee Chiahan, illustrator
Quitting America
The Walrus
M.E. Rogan
Contributors: Nicole Schmidt, fact-checker; Phil Bergerson, photographer; Carmine Starnino, handling editor
Doctor Fentanyl
Toronto Life
Brett Popplewell
The Short Life and Tragic Death of Houdini
Toronto Life
Lauren McKeon
Short Feature Writing / Meilleur Article Court
Gold
Freeing Oysters from a Parasite’s Hold
Hakai Magazine
Karen Pinchin
Silver
The Last 25 Percent
The Local
Danielle Groen
Honourable Mention
The amazing sea wolves of the Great Bear Rainforest
Canadian Geographic
Ziya Tong
At the crossroads
Chatelaine
Jessica McDiarmid
Contributors: Radiyah Chowdhury, associate editor; Denise Balkissoon, executive editor; Stephanie Han Kim, art director; Lauren Crazybull, illustrator
Point final
ELLE Québec
Elisabeth Massicolli
Collaborateurs : Sophie Banford, éditrice; Joanie Pietracupa, rédactrice en chef; Théo Dupuis-Carbonneau, chef de contenu beauté
Des femmes chassent le plastique pour sauver la planète
ELLE Québec
Sabrina Myre
Collaborateurs : Sophie Banford, éditrice; Joanie Pietracupa, rédactrice en chef; Laurie Dupont, chef de contenu culturel.
Greyhound’s resting place
Maclean’s
Marie-Danielle Smith
Moving day
Maclean’s
Lindsay Jones
The Mystery of the Lebanese Mushroom Burger
Quench Magazine
Omar Mouallem
‘It was hard enough before’: Manitoba’s drought, worsened by climate crisis, is upending Prairie life
The Narwhal
Sarah Lawrynuik
Contributors: Carol Linnitt, editor; Emma Gilchrist, editor; Arik Ligeti, editor
Feature Writing / Meilleur article de fond
Gold
A house sits still
Maclean’s
Marie-Danielle Smith
Silver
Cases of missing trans people are rarely solved. A married pair of forensic genealogists is hoping to change that
Xtra Magazine
Erica Lenti
Contributors: Rachel Giese, editor; Michael Harris, editor; Allison Baker, copy editor and fact-checker; Jasjyot Singh Hans, illustrator
Honourable Mention
The Last Owls
BESIDE
Sarah Cox
Contributors: Mark Mann, associate editor-in-chief; Catherine Métayer, editor-in-chief
I Didn’t Get to Make a Choice
Broadview
Meagan Gillmore
Contributors: Caley Moore, handling editor; Sydney Hamilton, fact-checker
Kids in Crisis
Broadview
Miranda Newman
Contributors: Kristy Woudstra, handling editor; Sydney Hamilton, fact-checker
Les femmes au front pour traquer les pédophiles sur Internet
ELLE Québec
Sabrina Myre
The election tested a fed up and confused country
Maclean’s
Shannon Proudfoot
Recycler le territoire
Nouveau Projet
Diane Bérard
Les cartes, témoins du monde
Québec Science
Annie Labrecque
Collaborateurs : Marie Lambert-Chan, rédactrice en chef ; Mélissa Guillemette, réviseure
Une soirée avec l’unité d’urgence sociale de la DPJ
URBANIA
Hugo Meunier
Fiction
Gold
The Mission
The Walrus
Troy Sebastian (NUPQU ʔA·Kǂ AM̓)
Contributors: Allison Baker, fact-checker; Jessica Johnson, handling editor
Silver
Outraged on Your Behalf
subTerrain Magazine
Carleigh Baker
Honourable Mention
I Don’t Know Why
EXILE: The Literary Quarterly
Madeline Sonik
Contributor: Barry Callaghan, handling editor
Palais Royale
The Fiddlehead
Tamas Dobozy
Daycare
The Malahat Review
Cedar Bowers
Public Diddler
The New Quarterly
Georgina Beaty
Contributor: Pamela Mulloy, handling editor
Private Hands
The Walrus
Michael LaPointe
Contributors: Lucy Uprichard, fact-checker; Franco Égalité, illustrator; Jonah Brunet, handling editor
Service Journalism / Journalisme de service
Gold
Des réponses à toutes vos questions sur les vaccins contre la COVID
L’actualité
Valérie Borde
Collaborateurs : Josée Désaulniers, rédactrice principale; Julie Gobeil, chef du pupitre éditorial
Silver
An ex-agoraphobe’s guide to leaving the house
Chatelaine
Kate Rae
Contributors: Denise Balkissoon, executive Editor; Stephanie Han Kim, art director; Allison + Cam, illustrators
Honourable Mention
Strategies
Canadian Business
Andrea Yu
Contributors: Emily Landau, senior editor; Charlotte Herrold; editor-in-chief; Studio Wyse, creative direction; Vanessa Wyse, designer; Della Rollins, photo editor; Kathleen Fu, illustrator; Stacey Newman, photographer; Alia Youssef, photographer
Team Player
Chatelaine
Sydney Loney
Grossophobie médicale: la dure réalité des patientes en surpoids
Châtelaine
Andréanne Moreau, Marie Bernier
Collaborateurs : Johanne Lauzon, rédactrice en chef; Daniel Chrétien, rédacteur en chef adjoint
Game of Thrones
Cottage Life
Jackie Davis
Why the first shot offered is still the best shot
Maclean’s
Patricia Treble
Dementia Warning Signs
Reader’s Digest Canada
Mark Witten
Contributor: Micah Toub, handling editor
10 Normal Questions All New Moms Google
Today’s Parent
Amy Green
Contributor: Kim Shiffman, handling editor
What To Eat Now
Toronto Life
Alex Baldinger, Rebecca Fleming, Liza Agrba
Profiles / Portraits
Gold
Citizen of Nowhere
The Walrus
Adnan Khan
Contributor: Carmine Starnino, editor; Connor Garel, fact-checker; James Lee Chiahan, illustrator
Silver
Repenser la police
L’actualité
Jean-Benoît Nadeau
Collaborateur : Josée Désaulniers, rédactrice principale
Honourable Mention
Death of a Rising Star
Broadview
Ashley Okwuosa
Contributors: Kristy Woudstra, handling editor; Elena Gritzan, fact-checker
Esi Edugyan is…
Maclean’s
Ian Williams
Almost Famous
Maclean’s
Sadiya Ansari
Contributor: Dafna Izenberg, editor
Fefe Dobson Is Ready To Let It All Out Again
Refinery29 Canada
Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Contributors: Yaz Butcher, art director; Vai Yu Law, photographer; Pamela Lau, photography assistant; Elaine Jyll Regio, stylist; Jasmin Winnie Stephen, hair and makeup; Nadia Ebrahim, assistant editor; Carli Whitwell, editorial director
Meredith MacNeill Has Funny Bones
The Walrus
Soraya Roberts
Un parcours trans, une carrière dans noir silence
URBANIA
Hugo Meunier
Contributors: Sean Young, fact-checker; Kourosh Keshiri, photographer; Carmine Starnino, handling editor
54 Minutes With Sharon Stone
Zoomer
Johanna Schneller
Personal Journalism / Journalisme personnel
Gold
Genetic Mapping
Maisonneuve
Emma Gilchrist
Contributors: Madi Haslam, editor-in-chief; Sarah Ratchford, associate editor
Silver
Soar
The New Quarterly
Chyana Marie Sage
Contributor: Pamela Mulloy, handling editor
Honourable Mention
The Migrant Rain
Brick, A Literary Journal
Vinh Nguyen
Et si on tendait la main aux autres?
Châtelaine
Florence Sara G. Ferraris
Collaborateurs : Johanne Lauzon, rédactrice en chef; Daniel Chrétien, rédacteur en chef adjoint
Molar City
Hazlitt
Tom Thor Buchanan
Recordings of Truths and Facts
Humber Literary Review
Kelly S. Thompson
The Wait of Ashes
Prairie Fire
Paul Dhillon
OCD Is Not a Joke
The Walrus
Lisa Whittington-Hill
Contributors: Tina Knezevic, fact-checker; Tajja Isen, handling editor
The Cult That Raised Me
Toronto Life
Ewan Whyte
Lifestyle Photography / Photographie : art de vivre
Gold
Bon Baisers
ELLE Canada
Jetro Emilcar
Contributors: Annie Horth, creative director; Amanda Lee Shirrefs, stylist; Estelle Gervais, editorial producer; Nicholas Blanchet, makeup; Rudy Cavalier, hair
Silver
City Lights
FASHION Magazine
Lawrence Cortez
Contributors: George Antonopoulos, Danielle Campbell, Ashley Galang, Jesse Ervin, Jodi Urichuk, Jessika Franklin, Saul Shlesinger, Brandon McEachern, Andrew Moreno, Vanissa Bruce, Jessica Jansen et al.
Honourable Mention
Make comfort
Chatelaine
Maya Visnyei
Contributors: Irene Ngo, food content director; Sun Ngo, creative director; Chantal Braganza, senior editor; Michael Elliott, food stylist; Catherine Doherty, prop stylist; Sophie Hsin, makeup and hair
Modern Romance
MONTECRISTO Magazine
Grant Harder
Contributors: Sandra Zarkovic, creative direction; Leila Bani, styling; Jessica McNeilly, model; Tania Becker, hair; Paula Lanzador, makeup; Hena Pesut, assistant stylist; Marlin Olynyk, assistant photographer
Pieces of You
MONTECRISTO Magazine
Evaan Kheraj
Contributors: Sandra Zarkovic, creative direction and styling; Sonia Capriceru, prop styling; Joey Topmiller, assistant photographer; Allie Turner, production
Practical magic
Report on Business
Kyle Jeffers
Contributor: Clare Vander Meersch, photo editor
Photo Essay & Photojournalism / Photojournalisme et essais photographiques
Gold
In photos: a view of RCMP arrests of media, Indigenous land defenders on Wet’suwet’en territory
The Narwhal
Amber Bracken
Contributor: Carol Linnitt, editor
Silver
Skis and Saddles
Air Canada enRoute
Alana Paterson
Contributors: Dominique Lamberton, writer; Lori Morgan, photo editor; Stefanie Sosiak, art director
Honourable Mention
No Ordinary Ride
Air Canada enRoute
Kari Medig
Contributors: Sydney Loney, writer; Lori Morgan, photo editor; Stefanie Sosiak, art director
Fox news
Maclean’s
Peter Mather
Contributors: Stephen Gregory, art director; Liz Sullivan, director of photography; Lauren Cattermole, designer; Prajakta Dhopade, writer; Alison Uncles, editor-in-chief.
Alone and afraid
Maclean’s
Heather Patterson
Contributors: Stephen Gregory, art director; Liz Sullivan, director of photography;
Here is Where We Shall Stay
Maisonneuve
Pat Kane
Contributors: Brian Morgan, art director; Rachel Wine, art director; Madi Haslam, editor-in-chief, Sarah Ratchford, associate editor
Making An Impact
Queen’s Alumni Review
Brendan George Ko
Contributors: Studio Wyse, art direction; Vanessa Wyse, designer; Della Rollins, photo editor
Bearing Witness
Reader’s Digest Canada
Roger LeMoyne
Contributors: John Montgomery, art director; Danielle Sayer, deputy art director
Life in the heart of B.C.’s brutal summer drought
The Narwhal
Louis Bockner
Contributor: Carol Linnitt, editor
Backcountry rodeo: scientists and Indigenous guardians net caribou from the sky
The Narwhal
Jeremy Koreski
Contributors: Carol Linnitt, editor; Emma Gilchrist, editor
Portrait Photography / Photographie : portraits
Gold
Survivor
Toronto Life
Stan Williams
Contributors: Christine Dewairy, art director; Daniel Neuhaus, director of photography
Silver
At Longer Last
Today’s Parent
Raina + Wilson and Guillaume Simoneau
Contributors: Emily Vezér, art director; Colleen Nicholson, designer
Honourable Mention
Shina Novalinga
Air Canada enRoute
Mickaël A. Bandassak
Contributors: Ishani Nath, writer; Dominique Lamberton, handling editor; Lori Morgan, photo editor; Stefanie Sosiak, art director
The Energyphile
Avenue Magazine
Jared Sych
Contributors: Steve Collins, creative director
Interview (Jody Wilson-Raybould)
Maclean’s
Blair Gable
Contributors: Stephen Gregory, art director; Liz Sullivan, director of photography; James Park, photo assistant
Six People Per Day
Maisonneuve
Jackie Dives
Contributors: Rachel Wine, art director; Brian Morgan, art director; Madi Haslam, Editor
Changemaker/Atrisha Lewis
Report on Business
Kenya-Jade Pinto
Contributor: Clare Vander Meersch, photo editor
Illustration (incl. Spot & Photo Illustration) / Illustrations
Gold
Every Letter a Path
Hazlitt
Winnie Truong
Silver
Page couverture
Magazine de sociologie Siggi
Julien Posture
Honourable Mention
Kids in Crisis
Broadview
Cornelia Li
Contributor: Carol Moskot, art director
Molar City
Hazlitt
Hudson Christie
Detoxing Dad
Reader’s Digest Canada
Sébastien Thibault
Contributors: John Montgomery, art director; Danielle Sayer, deputy art director
Justice on Trial
The Walrus
Lauren Crazybull
Contributors: Natalie Vineberg, art director; Eva Holland, writer; Allison Baker, fact-checker; Carmine Starnino, handling editor
Seeds of Bravery
University of Toronto Magazine
Grace J. Kim
Contributor: Vanessa Wyse, art director
Essays / Essais
Gold
Quitting America
The Walrus
M.E. Rogan
Contributors: Nicole Schmidt, fact-checker; Phil Bergerson, photographer; Carmine Starnino, handling editor
Silver
Le droit de penser
Nouveau Projet
Maïka Sondarjee
Honourable Mention
The Business of a Marriage
Hazlitt
Linda Besner
The Men in Apartment 4C
Maisonneuve
Isaac Würmann
Contributors: Madi Haslam, editor-in-chief; Sarah Ratchford, associate editor
The School in Sakitawak
Maisonneuve
Samantha Nock
Contributors: Madi Haslam, editor-in-chief; Sarah Ratchford, associate editor
Me, the Joshua Tree
PRISM international
Joshua Whitehead
Contributor: Tanvi Bhatia, managing editor
The Natural History of Clinical Geneticist: A Case History
The New Quarterly
Margaret Nowaczyk
2020: A Family Odyssey
The New Quarterly
Yohani Mendis
The Pandemic Speaks
The Tyee
Andrew Nikiforuk
Editor: David Beers
After the Facts
The Walrus
Viviane Fairbank
Contributors: Lucy Uprichard, fact-checker; Josh Holinaty, illustrator; Carine Abouseif, handling editor
One of a Kind Storytelling / Unique et hors catégorie
Gold
Opacité dans la cité
Nouveau Projet
Rémy Bourdillon, Geneviève Bigué
Silver
Dear Syd
Hazlitt
Ivan Coyote
Contributor: Zoë van Dijk, illustrator
Honourable Mention
My Own Personal French Republican Calendar
BESIDE
Lisan Jutras
Contributors: Mark Mann, associate editor-in-chief; Catherine Métayer, editor-in-chief
No COVID evictions
Briarpatch Magazine
Paterson Hodgson
Contributor: Saima Desai, editor
The Good, the Bad and the Hungry
Edify Magazine
Michael Hingston
Contributor: Kidpixel
The nightmare cruise before Christmas
Maclean’s
Shannon Proudfoot
To Do
The Malahat Review
Justina Elias
Poetry / Poésie
Gold
Offering / Medusa Calls the Rape Crisis Line
Arc Poetry Magazine
Cassandra Rachel Myers
Silver
Shelter
The Puritan
Erin Soros
Honourable Mention
Poem For White People
Arc Poetry Magazine
Brandi Bird
Bones
Contemporary Verse 2
Erica Violet Lee
First Contact: Métis
subTerrain Magazine
Molly Cross-Blanchard
Lament of the Wee Droppers / Quilt — Jamaica 1838
The Fiddlehead
Lorna Goodison
Art Direction of a Single Article / Meilleure direction artistique d’un article
Gold
Joy Ride
Best Health
Nicola Hamilton
Contributors: Alana Paterson, photographer; Ally Reeves, illustrator
Silver
A Home for Yesterday and Tomorrow
BESIDE
Pier-Philippe Rioux
Contributors: Eliane Cadieux, chief creative officer and co-founder; Gabrielle Deronde, graphic designer
Honourable Mention
Where’s Your Head At?
Best Health
Nicola Hamilton
Contributor: Nikki Ernst, illustrator
Huitlacoche
Dinette magazine
Hélène Mallette
Year One: An unprecedented report on Canada’s mishandling of the crisis of the century
Maclean’s
Stephen Gregory
Contributors: Liz Sullivan, director of visuals, Sarah Palmer, contributing photo editor
Five on the Rise
Queen’s Alumni Review
Studio Wyse
Contributors: Ty Burke, writer; May Truong, photographer
Making an Impact
Queen’s Alumni Review
Studio Wyse
Contributors: Brendan George Ko, photographer; Michael Onesi, writer
Summer’s Best Street Food
Toronto Life
Brian Anson Wong
Contributors: Daniel Neuhaus, Christine Dewairy
Best Editorial Package / Meilleur dossier thématique
Gold
Year One
Maclean’s
Contributors: Alison Uncles, Colin Campbell, Stephen Gregory, Charlie Gillis, Liz Sullivan, Dafna Izenberg, Elizabeth Brandt, Sarmishta Subramanian
Silver
Sprawlzine: The Election Almanac
The Sprawl
Contributors: Emily Riddle, Sikapinakii Low Horn, Anmarie Bailey, Paula Kirman, Hamdi Issawi, Amanda Schutz, Jeremy Klaszus, Kyle Simmers, Jeremy Appel, Miranda Martini, Sam Hester, Len Dueck, Chris Pecora, Cam Hoff
Honourable Mention
Peri-What-Now? Your Complete Guide to a Major Life Stage No One Told You About
Best Health
Contributors: Danielle Groen, writer; Christina Frangou, writer; Rebecca Philps, writer; Kate Rae, writer; Christina Vardanis, writer
You can beat the system
Chatelaine
Contributors: Danielle Groen, producer; Stephanie Han Kim, art director; Denise Balkissoon, editor; Flannery Dean, writer; Erica Ifill, writer; Fatima Syed, writer; Kira Vermond, writer; Vivian Rosas, illustrator
Red Sky at Night
Cottage Life
Contributors: Jackie Davis, Becky Dumais, Taylor Kristan, Drew Shannon
Ludique – 021
Dinette magazine
Collaborateurs : Hélène Mallette, rédactrice en chef; Mathieu Lachapelle, éditeur en chef
Life in the shadow of 9/11
Maclean’s
Contributors: Colin Campbell, deputy editor; Stephen Gregory, art director; Sarah Palmer, contributing photo editor; Carlos Osorio, photographer; Johnny C.Y. Lam, photographer; Farrah Skeiky, photographer; Maddie McGarvey, photographer; Spencer Platt, photographer
Choisir
Nouveau Projet
Collaborateurs : Sophie Bernier, autrice; Rémy Bourdillon, auteur; Geneviève Bigué, illustratrice; Fanny Britt, autrice; Marie-Eve Blanchard, autrice; Evelyne de la Chenelière, autrice; Alain Deneault, auteur; Ricardo Lamour, auteur; Catherine Mavrikakis, autrice; Nicolas Langelier, conception et édition; Véronique Chagnon, conception et édition; Maud Brougère, conception et édition; Vanessa Allnutt, conception et édition
Issue 26
The Feathertale Review
Contributors: Brett Popplewell, editor; Benson Lee, deputy editor; Corina Milic, senior editor; Jenn Lawrence, art director; Kara Pyle, art director
Restaurant Awards 2021
Vancouver Magazine
Contributors: Neal McLennan, food and travel editor; Stesha Ho, art director; Anicka Quin, editorial director
Investigative Reporting / Journalisme d’enquête
Gold
Students for Sale
The Walrus
Nicholas Hune-Brown
Contributors: Connor Garel, fact-checker; Cornelia Li, illustrator; Daniel Viola, handling editor
Silver
The Hunt for a Killer
Toronto Life
Malcolm Johnston
Honourable Mention
The race for answers
Maclean’s
Christina Frangou
Every 49 minutes
Maclean’s
Michael Friscolanti
Escape from Iran
Maclean’s
Stephen Maher
Switched
Reader’s Digest
Lindsay Jones
Contributor: Lauren McKeon, deputy editor; Jessie Brinkman Evans, photographer
International Contributors: Seyward Darby, The Atavist
What happened at Northwood?
The Coast
Stephanie Nolen
‘They care about their plants and not us’: for migrant farmworkers in Ontario, COVID-19 made a bad situation worse
The Narwhal
Hilary Beaumont
Contributors: Denise Balkissoon, editor; Mike De Souza, editor; Carol Linnitt, editor; Elanie Anselmi, editor; Arik Ligeti, editor; Christopher Katsarov Luna, photojournalist.
Doctor Fentanyl
Toronto Life
Brett Popplewell
Issue Grand Prix / Grand prix du numéro
Gold
Trésor — 020
Dinette magazine
Collaborateurs : Hélène Mallette, rédactrice en chef; Mathieu Lachapelle, éditeur en chef
Silver
Fall 2021: How I Made It
Canadian Business
Contributors: Charlotte Herrold, editor-in-chief; Vanessa Wyse, creative director; Emily Landau, senior editor; Maryam Sanati, VP, content and creative; Lucinda Wallace, associate creative director; Della Rollins, director of photography; Vanda Marsan, senior designer
Honourable Mention
BESIDE 10 — Our Transformations
BESIDE
Contributors: Catherine Métayer, editor-in-chief; Caroline R. Paquette, associate editor-in-chief; Mark Mann, associate editor-in-chief; Catherine Fortin, project and print publications manager; Eliane Cadieux, chief creative and co-founder; Samantha Ste-Marie, artistic director and graphic designer; Gabrielle Deronde, graphic designer
The Prison Abolition Issue
Briarpatch Magazine
Contributors: Sophie Birks, editorial collective member; Fathima Cader, editorial collective member; Carry Cardinal, editorial collective member; Lorraine Chuen, editorial collective member; Saima Desai, editorial collective member; Phillip Dwight Morgan, editorial collective member; Yaniya Lee, editorial collective member; Mark Mullkoff, editorial collective member; Swathi Sekhar, editorial collective member; Abby Stadnyk, editorial collective member; Anonymous, writer and artist; Cory Charles Cardinal, writer and artist; Tamina D. Hamid, writer and artist; Amanda Rae, writer and artist; James Ruston, writer and artist; Robert Black, writer; Frére Corbeau, writer; Roi Kuvé, writer; Christophe Lewis, writer; Deborah McKenzie, writer; Ojore McKinnon, writer; Jessie Milo, writer; Andy Peekeekoot, writer; Trenton Tompkins, writer; Levi Waldbillig, writer; Stacy Bluebird, artist; Peter Collins, artist; Tim Fefoldi, artist; Ricky Leslie, artist; Joey Toutsaint, artist
April 2021 issue
Chatelaine
Contributors: Maureen Halushak, editor-in-chief; Sun Ngo, creative director; Gillian Grace, deputy editor; Denise Balkissoon, executive editor; Chantal Braganza, senior editor; Andréanne Dion, senior editor, style and beauty; Radiyah Chowdhury, associate editor; Irene Ngo, food content director; Stephanie Han Kim, art director; Aimee Nishitoba, deputy art director
S.O.S on recrute
Les Affaires
Collaborateurs : Marine Thomas, rédactrice en chef; Denis Lalonde, chef de l’information — lesaffaires.com; Stéphane Rolland, chef de l’information — investir et Les Affaires plus; Marie-Pier Frappier, chef de pupitre; Charles Desgroseilliers, directeur artistique; Jean-Paul Gagné, éditeur émérite; Dominique Beauchamp, journaliste; François Normand, journaliste; Catherine Charron, journaliste au pupitre numérique; Philippe Lemelin, journaliste au pupitre numérique; Benoîte Labrosse, responsable des dossiers spéciaux; Louis-Philippe Larocque, responsable de l’infographie; Marco Chioini, réviseur
Choisir, automne-hiver 2021
Nouveau Projet
Collaborateurs : Nicolas Langelier, Véronique Chagnon, Maud Brougère, Vanessa Allnutt, Marie-Michèle Robitaille, Julie Francoeur, Nathalie Schneider, équipe éditoriale Nouveau Projet; Étienne Beaulieu; Sophie Bernier; Geneviève Bigué; Marie-Eve Blanchard; Rémy Bourdillon; Fanny Britt; Evelyne de la Chenelière; Jules Clara; Marc-André Cyr; Alain Deneault; Yara El-Ghadban; Bernard Émond; Ricardo Lamour; Judith Lussier; Catherine Mavrikakis; Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau, Kiev Renaud; Rodney Saint-Éloi; Leanne Shapton; Maïka Sondarjee; Guillaume Wagner; Jean-Philippe Warren
Vaccinating Toronto
The Local
Contributors: Inori Roy, Plenty of Pharmacies, but No Vaccines in Toronto’s Northwest; Nicholas Hune-Brown, The Vaccine Rollout is Leaving Toronto’s Hardest-Hit Postal Codes Behind; Yader Guzman, Nicholas Hune-Brown, Bringing the Vaccine to Where it’s Needed; Radiyah Chowdhury, The Toronto Hot Spot Nobody’s Talking About; Fatima Syed, “You Can’t Stop the Spread of the Virus if You Don’t Stop it in Peel”; Tai Huynh, Behind the Sudden Drop at Toronto’s Mass Immunization Clinics; Fatima Syed, The Chaotic Race to Vaccinate Peel; Tayo Bero, Vaccinating Black Toronto; Furqan Mohamed, Getting Vaccinated in the Holy Month; Alison Motluk, Why Haven’t Primary Care Doctors Been Part of the Vaccine Rollout?; Fatima Syed, “We Had to Save Ourselves”; Brannavy Jeyasundaram, Community Ambassadors Are the Link to Toronto’s Unvaccinated Populations; Tai Huynh, Hot Spot Tracker; Danielle Groen, The Last 25 Percent; Nicholas Hune-Brown, Tai Huynh, Second Doses Missing Those Who Really Need Them; Tai Huynh, The Missing Middle; Tayo Bero, What Convinces A Person to Get Their First Shot?; Tai Huynh, Different Schools, Different Risks
The New World of Psychedelics
Toronto Life
Contributors: Various
Publisher Grand Prix / Grand prix de l’éditeur
Gold
Canadian Geographic has long fully embraced its singular brand, extending itself through an assortment of media, events, and merchandise that serve its membership fully and fulfills its mandate in a manner that respects its history while thoroughly embracing the future.
— NMA Jury
Honourable Mention
Jocelyn Bell, with consultant Sharon McAuley, Broadview
Nicolas Langelier, Nouveau Projet
Cover Grand Prix / Grand prix de la page couverture
Gold
“Out of Office” (Vol. 29, No. 3)
Literary Review of Canada
David Parkins
Contributors: Brian Morgan, art director; Kyle Wyatt, editor-in-chief
Silver
Issue 26
The Feathertale Review
Jenn Lawrence, Kara Pyle, Kumé Pather, Elyse Martin, Pete Ryan
Honourable Mention
Numéro 184 Archives
Estuaire
Chih-Chien Wang, oeuvre de couverture
Collaborateurs : Stéphanie Roussel, direction littéraire; Yannick Renaud, direction générale; Chloé Savoie-Bernard, Laurence Olivier, Stéphanie Roussel, comité de rédaction; Julie Espinasse, direction artistique; Annie Lafleur, Commissariat
10 pistes pour ne plus jamais vivre une telle année
L’actualité
Édith Pelletier
This is Baby Farhan
Maclean’s
Una Janicijevic
Contributors: Liz Sullivan, director of visuals; Stephen Gregory, executive editor; Alison Uncles, editor-in-chief
The Supreme: Justice Rosie Abella
Maclean’s
Una Janicijevic
Contributors: Jennifer Roberts, photographer; Liz Sullivan, director of visuals; Alison Uncles, editor-in-chief
Choisir, automne-hiver 2021
Nouveau Projet
Maxyme G. Delisle
Collaborateurs : Jean-François Proulx, directeur artistique; Pascale Drevillon, modèle; Frédérik Boudreault, assistant; Fannie-Laurence Dubé-Dupuis, assistante; Studio TB, décor, accessoires et stylisme; Isabella Forget, maquillage; Béatrice Munn, retouche; Mylène Levesque, production; Lola-Lou Fergeau-Mariko, coordonatrice de production
Adulting 101: A new parent’s guide to RESPs, tax credits, wills and insurance
Today’s Parent
Emily Vezér
Contributors: Carmen Cheung, photographer; Caitlin Doherty, stylist; Kim Shiffman, editor-in-chief
Editor Grand Prix / Grand prix de la rédaction
Gold
Nicholas Hune-Brown impressed for the quality of the writing about vital humanitarian issues he brought to The Local, as well as the fact that much of it was produced by up-and-coming writers he personally helped coach. That generosity of spirit and community-mindedness is what will propel Canadian media out of its status quo.
— NMA Jury
Honourable Mention
Jac Renée Bruneau, C Magazine
Philippe Lamarre, URBANIA
Art Direction Grand Prix / Grand prix de la direction artistique
Gold
Esse arts + opinions no. 102 — (Re)voir la peinture | (Re)seeing Painting
Esse arts + opinions
Studio Feed
Silver
Issue 148, “Body Language”
C Magazine
Raf Rennie
Honourable Mention
Issue 11: New Times
BESIDE
Pier-Philippe Rioux
Year One
Maclean’s
Stephen Gregory
Issue 26
The Feathertale Review
Jenn Lawrence, Kara Pyle, Lee H. Wilson
Autumn 2021
University of Toronto Magazine
Vanessa Wyse
Best Magazine: Service & Lifestyle / Meilleur magazine : service et art de vivre
Gold
enRoute brings Canadians around the world, even during a time when travel has been paused and disrupted. Its relatable stories and imagery connect the dots for every type of jet-setter.
— NMA Jury
Honourable Mention
Best Magazine: Art, Literary, & Culture / Meilleur magazine : art, littérature et culture
Gold
Inuit Art Quarterly embodies the sophisticated and strategic thinking, international calibre, and confident elegance that combine to manifest an outstanding magazine. By prioritizing current work, and featuring new writers, its feel is both modern and contemporary.
— NMA Jury
Honourable Mention
Brick, A Literary Journal
Vie des Arts
Best Magazine: News, Business, General Interest / Meilleur magazine : actualité, affaires, intérêt général
Gold
It’s the photojournalistic quality that distinguishes Maclean’s from the other News, Business and General Interest publications. The flow of the stories, their thoroughness, combined with compelling illustrations, infographics, and impeccable design, results in a great reading experience.
— NMA Jury
Honourable Mention
Best Magazine: Special Interest / Meilleur magazine : intérêt spécial
Gold
Broadview continues to innovate after its brave rebrand in 2019. In line with their three editorial pillars — spirituality, social justice and ethical living — they are taking on a solutions-based approach to social change. Top notch writing and design make Broadview one of Canada’s great magazines.
— NMA Jury
Honourable Mention
Magazine Grand Prix
Gold
Visually stunning, ambitious, and ultimately necessary, Inuit Art Quarterly succeeds as both a magazine and as a cultural entry point to a world much of the country hasn’t seen.
— NMA Jury
Honourable Mention
Acknowledgements
The National Media Awards Foundation is extremely grateful for the support from the Government of Canada, the Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Creates, and The Reader’s Digest Foundation of Canada.
A special thank you to Vicky Lee for creating this year’s visuals, and to Vesselin Stroumsky for developing our online submissions and judging platforms.
Our deepest gratitude to our roster of dedicated volunteer judges, who spent countless hours carefully evaluating the entries in this year’s competition.
Save the Date!
The National Media Awards Foundation is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting a long-overdue, in-person event in Toronto on September 29, 2022. Join us at the Globe and Mail Centre for a day of professional development and an evening of reconnecting and networking with friends and peers. Details to follow this summer.